Is benign rolandic epilepsy genetically determined?

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-132

  Vadlamudi, Lata ^a   Harvey, A Simon ^a,b   Connellan, Mary M ^a   Milne, Roger L ^a   Hopper, John L ^a   Scheffer, Ingrid E ^a   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RCH

^c Epilepsy Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLANDIC EPILEPSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 3042801131     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20153     Document Type: Article

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